The National Development Council (NDC) is to lead a delegation of 27 Taiwanese start-ups next week to attend this year's SusHi Tech Tokyo, one of the leading innovation conferences in Asia.
In a statement today, the NDC said the three-day SusHi Tech Tokyo, which stands for Sustainable High City Tech Tokyo, is expected to attract more than 60,000 participants, and about 700 start-ups from the world are to meet with potential investors at the event.
Photo courtesy of Startup Island Taiwan via CNA
Taiwan is to be attending the conference, which opens on Monday, for a third year in a row, the agency said.
The NDC said its Startup Island Taiwan office has teamed up with the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration (SMESA) and the Taiwan Stock Exchange to head the delegation and set up a Taiwan pavilion at the show.
The 27 Taiwanese start-ups are to demonstrate Taiwan's strength in AI and sustainable development, the NDC said.
The SMESA and Taiwanese autonomous driving developer Turing Drive, for example, are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding with companies in Japan's start-up ecosystem, while the Taiwanese delegates would share their experiences with Japanese innovation developers such as NTT East, the NDC said.
The Startup Island Taiwan office is also planning to hold an Asia MriAI Day event to enhance exchanges between Taiwan's start-ups and their counterparts from South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam, the NDC said.
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